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How would Clojure be described in these terms? Java is too static/verbose? Edit, previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6968775 https://news
by pgt 13y ago
How would Clojure be described in these terms? Java is too static/verbose?
Edit, previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6968775 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6968775
Some suggestions:
@tensor wrote: "Clojure: lisp promotes mutability too much."
@ajuc: "The JVM needs a good lisp."
- emil0r 13y agoMy take would be: I want to work in the areas where Java is used, but not use Java.
- mjn 13y agoFor that there are already several good, stable JVM lisps, though. I assume people are moving to Clojure because they specifically want Clojure, not just a lisp on the JVM; otherwise the more conservative choice would be to use ABCL (if you want CL) or Kawa (if you want Scheme).
- mholub 13y agoFor me clojure is more about wonderful community (like ruby's one) and real projects (because of java libraries)
- aredington 13y agoClojure: Java is too complected.
- elohesra 13y ago"Clojure: I want to use Lisp, and I want to actually have libraries that can get stuff done"
- nyir 13y agoClojure: I like Lisp, but it needs more syntax. Clojure: I like Java backtraces. /s
- KingMob 13y agoClojure: If ()'s is good, let's add []'s and {}'s.